When a group of kids from a summer youth program challenged one Southbridge Police Department officer to take a watery plunge on the Slip N' Slide while in uniform, it wasn't long before other officers joined in on the fun.Deputy Chief Jose Dingui promised to take the challenge if a video posted on the youth program's social media page received 10,000 views. When it gained 14,000, he had no choice but to slip on the slide while in uniform.But what started out as a viral challenge for fun soon became a fundraising effort. Community members and local businesses offered to donate money for every police officer or firefighter willing to get wet. As a result, more than a dozen of them took the Slip N' Slide challenge.Watch the video above to see how these police officers and firefighters helped raise $4,000 for the summer youth program.

When a group of kids from a summer youth program challenged one Southbridge Police Department officer to take a watery plunge on the Slip N' Slide while in uniform, it wasn't long before other officers joined in on the fun.

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Deputy Chief Jose Dingui promised to take the challenge if a video posted on the youth program's social media page received 10,000 views. When it gained 14,000, he had no choice but to slip on the slide while in uniform.

But what started out as a viral challenge for fun soon became a fundraising effort. Community members and local businesses offered to donate money for every police officer or firefighter willing to get wet. As a result, more than a dozen of them took the Slip N' Slide challenge.

Watch the video above to see how these police officers and firefighters helped raise $4,000 for the summer youth program.